[Regia-NA] Re: Making Fire

[Yolli]

What I did was soak the Birch Polypore in salpetre solution as it's fairly
crap as a spark catcher ( rather like polystyrene ) - and was secondary in
the process in fire starting. The same can be done for linen but in both
cases that was because the Fomes was hard to come by so I use as little as I
can.

I did wonder if the linen could be used on an arrow.....as it does fizz when
air rushes past it.

Roll.


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Shulver" <john.shulver@virgin.net>
To: <list-regia-na@lig.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 6:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Regia-NA] Re: Making Fire


> Hi all,
>         A few years ago Roll and myself did a bit of research into
> firelighting using flint & Tinder and I seem to remember that the tinder
was
> seeped in saltpetre solution which makes it catch easier and smoulder for
> longer. And yes before anyone says that saltpetre was not around in our
> period it occours naturally as crystals in the bottom of dung heaps!
>
>         Train
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: J. Kim Siddorn <kim.siddorn@blueyonder.co.uk>
> To: <list-regia-na@lig.net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 3:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [Regia-NA] Re: Making Fire
>
>
> > It ought to be the same. Silver birch follows the ice, it is the first
> tree
> > to grow on the tundra, so we ought to share it internationally - it was
> only
> > 10,000 years ago after all.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Kim Siddorn
> >
> > "Spring in the air?"
> > "Spring in the air yerself !"
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Eileen Young" <JuditheileenY@netscape.net>
> > To: <list-regia-na@lig.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 9:22 PM
> > Subject: RE: [Regia-NA] Re: Making Fire
> >
> >
> > > Hi
> > > So what is the NA equivelent of these fungus?
> > > Eileen
> > >
> > >
> > > "Schuster, Robert L." <SchusterRL@umsystem.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >There are two main types of fungus associated with fire-starting:
Birch
> > > >Polypore (Piptoporus betulinus), also known as Razor-strop Fungus,
> which
> > as
> > > >its name suggests, grows primarily on birch trees, is much better
than
> > the
> > > >birch bark as a tinder, and is shaped like a horse's hoof - and was
> also
> > > >used for keeping a blade edge; and Hoof Fungus (Fomes fomentarius)
> a.k.a.
> > > >Tinder Fungus, whose habitat is usually birch in Northern England and
> > > >Scotland [The North! :-)] , and beech and sycamore in Southern
England.
> > > >
> > > >Guğrum
> > > >
> > > >PS Neither of these is edible!
> > > >_______________________________________________
> > > >
> > > >--thank good you included that last part Guğrum!
> > > >
> > > >after reading the first part i was sitting here thinking
> > > >"Damn, you know what sounds good? a Hoof Fungus salad, tossed with a
> > little Polypore and with crutons!mmmmmmmmmm"
> > > >
> > > >Halvgrimr
> > > >using that damn odd NA humor;)